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Newspaper The Big Horn Sentinel (Big Horn, Wyo.) 1884-1889

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About The Big Horn Sentinel (Big Horn, Wyo.) 1884-1889

The Big Horn Sentinel published its first issue in Big Horn, Wyoming Territory on September 13, 1884, after bad weather conditions caused a six week delay in the paper’s production. The Sentinel continued to publish in Big Horn until October 31, 1885, after which, due to lack of patronage and funds in Big Horn, the offices moved to the town of Buffalo. On November 7, the Sentinel asked its new readership, “to give the paper such support as you think it deserving of, and in return we assure you that you will find us laboring at all time for your best interests, as well as ours.” The Sentinel was published every Saturday with four pages, and a single copy could be purchased for 10 cents.

For the entire span of its publication, the Sentinel covered local miscellaneous news alongside national and international news and worked to promote the settlement and benefits of the territory in general and Johnson County in particular. The original proprietor, E.H. Becker, and his wife were involved in local politics; Mrs. Becker was appointed superintendent of schools for the county, and Mr. Becker advocated and canvassed for Big Horn as county seat in 1888. This drew the ire of many, including journalists from across the state who mocked him in the papers, and locals who allegedly hanged and burned his effigy after Sheridan won the seat. He sold the Sentinel that year and continued in the newspaper business after moving to Montana.

On January 26, 1889, the management of the paper was handed by Sentinel Publishing Co. to Big Horn Sentinel Co., although content and layout remained largely the same. The final edition of the Sentinel was published on October 19, 1889, and reported, “Our force has suddenly dissolved and the replacing of a manager, compositors and a devil is a hard thing to do in Northern Wyoming on a moment’s notice.” The stockholders of the Sentinel offered the paper’s production plant to the owner of the Buffalo Echo, Thomas J. Bouton, who discontinued the Sentinel and dissolved the company. On October 9, 1890, it was resurrected as the Buffalo Bulletin by proprietors De Barthe and Lingle. The Bulletin originally kept a similar design before expanding its page count from six to eight pages, and published weekly on Thursdays. It is currently published under that title.

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About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Big Horn Sentinel (Big Horn, Wyo.) 1884-1889

Dates of Publication

  • 1884-1889

Created / Published

  • Big Horn, Wyo. : E.H. Becker

Headings

  • -  Johnson County (Wyo.)--Newspapers
  • -  Buffalo (Wyo.)--Newspapers
  • -  Big Horn (Wyo.)--Newspapers
  • -  United States--Wyoming--Johnson--Buffalo
  • -  United States--Wyoming--Johnson--Big Horn

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 13, 1884)-v. 6, no. 7 (Oct. 19, 1889).
  • -  Published in Buffalo, Wyo., Nov. 1885-Oct. 1889.
  • -  Buffalo echo (DLC)sn 92067097

Medium

  • v.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn92067098

OCLC Number

  • 25935433

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The Big Horn Sentinel Big Horn, Wyo. -1889. (Buffalo, WY), Jan. 1 1884. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn92067098/.

APA citation style:

(1884, January 1) The Big Horn Sentinel Big Horn, Wyo. -1889. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn92067098/.

MLA citation style:

The Big Horn Sentinel Big Horn, Wyo. -1889. (Buffalo, WY) 1 Jan. 1884. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn92067098/.